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Build the tools. Then make the call

The 2026 budget just handed you a reason to use AI and a reason to pick up the phone. Here are five ways to use the tools to understand the changes fast — and keep the personal touch with every client who needs to hear from you today.

Franchise News

Henry Wong: Building bridges beyond real estate

Henry Wong has built a leading real estate business by understanding that success comes from adding value beyond the transaction.

Budget 2026 – Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in front of Parliament House
News

What Just Landed: The Budget Night Negative Gearing Breakdown

The Treasurer is calling it the most significant tax reform in more than a quarter of a century.…

Land tax is often forgotten by new investors. Photo: Getty
Back to Basics

What is land tax, and how does it affect property investors?

Property taxes have been thrust back into the spotlight on the back of changes to negative gearing and…

Opinion

After the Budget: Real estate’s next move shifts from tax to supply and changing buyer behaviour

Real estate leaders warn the next phase for housing will be defined by investor confidence, rental pressure and…

News

What Your Investor Clients Are Googling Right Now

The negative gearing and CGT changes explained – what’s actually happening, what’s not, and what to say when the phone rings on Wednesday.

Features

Inside the PM model fixing burnout and lifting performance

Katie Knight reflects on 20 years in property management, highlighting industry change, mental health pressures, and a shift from administration to advisory roles.

Property Management

‘A wake-up call’: Industry braces for impact after 2Apply privacy ruling

2Apply found in breach of Privacy Act: what the landmark ruling means for renters and real estate agencies

Industry News

Retail property momentum stalls as geopolitical risks bite

After delivering the strongest commercial property returns in 2025, Australia's retail sector faces fresh headwinds from rising fuel costs and interest rate increases.

Features

Sarah Broad joins rare ranks of female commercial real estate owners

Commercial

Brisbane tops commercial yields as most markets see declines

Commercial

Sydney’s Oaks Hotel sells for $140m after four-year bidding saga

Beyond the ban: Eight leaders on fixing real estate’s trust problem

Eight industry leaders go on the record to challenge the "false read" of GCI metrics, call for an end to…

Contributor

Budget needs to focus on action, not talk to fix housing crisis

LJ Hooker calls for Budget action to redirect property tax revenue into housing supply, affordability…

What the 2026 Federal Budget should focus on to fix housing

As Australia heads into the federal budget, housing policy should focus on boosting supply, protecting…

Contributor

ANZAC Day: perspective in a time of noise

A powerful ANZAC Day reflection on courage, sacrifice, and national unity through the lens of…

Contributor

Readers respond: The mirror talks back

We held up the mirror. The industry talked back. From underquoting in NSW to over-quoting…

Contributor

Shorts

AI & Technology
The AI Edit

Watch ChatGPT Draft a Real Estate CMA all on its own

When OpenAI released a browser called Atlas in October 2025, Samantha McLean wanted to test…

The real estate industry is a leader in AI adoption. Photo: Getty

Property sector leads AI adoption at nearly 70 per cent

New NAB research shows real estate and property services are outpacing all other industries in…

The AI Edit Ep. 8: You don’t need the biggest crowd you need the right one

Every agent walks into a vendor appraisal with a marketing schedule. Most of them, as…

Construction has lagged other industries in productivity for decades, but AI is starting to change that. Image: Getty

Can AI solve the construction industry’s productivity problem?

Construction has lagged other industries in productivity for decades, but AI is starting to change…

Samantha Mclean The AI Edit

Do You Actually Know Who You’re Presenting To?

How well do you actually know the person sitting across the table at a listing…